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the repetition of sounds, espically initial consonant sounds
ex. tongue twisters |
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| a direct or indirect reference to something which his presumably commonly know, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. |
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| the multiple meanings, either intentionally or unintentionally, of a word phrase, sentence or passage. |
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| a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. |
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the word, phrase, or clasue referred to by a pronoun
ex. mary went to the store. She bought milk |
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a terse statement of know authorship which espresses a general truth or moral principle
ex. a penny saved is a penny earned |
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a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction
ex. oh shakespear help me write. |
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| the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work. |
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| a grammatical unit that conatains both a subject and a verb. |
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the use of slang or infomamities in speech and writings
ex. what you talk ing about that dog won't hurt. |
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the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word
ex. surgery |
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the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word
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| the writers chocies, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness |
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